as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
a blurry image in the foreground of the photograph
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Recent Examples of blurry
In one, a blurry figure stands on a golf green, bent at the waist to putt.
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 20 Dec. 2025
The first blurry image shows a line scrawled on her chest.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
What is Father Jud Duplenticy’s body art, so blurry and indistinct?
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
How come the only visual of the suspect is a blurry video when the campus is blanketed in surveillance cameras?
—Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2025
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 20 Dec. 2025
The first blurry image shows a line scrawled on her chest.
—Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
What is Father Jud Duplenticy’s body art, so blurry and indistinct?
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
How come the only visual of the suspect is a blurry video when the campus is blanketed in surveillance cameras?
—Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blurry
Adjective
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The championship standard isn’t volleyed about in vague terms.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Washington’s presence there, however, gave the delegates confidence to endow the presidency with vague and expansive powers.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The program’s pulse felt faint, its identity slipping further with each loss.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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The short uses stylized 3D and deadpan timing to explore routine, irritation and faint absurdity.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The kit, which comes in four colors—matte white, desert rose, matte black, and hazy blue—comes with a chawan (bowl) with a pouring spout, a naoshi (whisk stand), a chasen (bamboo whisk), a tea tray, a stainless-steel spoon, and a sifter.—
Kate Kassin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
6 Nov. 2025
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Lee performed two new songs early on during the set, both of which carried the hazy radio-skipping nostalgia of Diamond Jubilee.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Blurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blurry. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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